The Burden and Trend of Blood-Borne Pathogens among Asymptomatic Adult Population in Akwatia: A Retrospective Study at the St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana

Table 1

Year-on-year trends in infectious markers among blood donors at the St. Dominic Hospital Akwatia, Ghana.

Year	Total	2013	2014	2015	2016	p value
Blood donors	11,436	2,529	3,111	3,507	2,289
HBV	827 (7.23)	249 (9.85)	241 (7.75)	235 (6.70)	102 (4.46)	<0.0001
HCV	664 (5.81)	206 (8.15)	198 (6.36)	185 (5.28)	75 (3.28)	<0.0001
HIV	464 (4.06)	103 (4.07)	141 (4.53)	125 (3.56)	95 (4.15)	0.5426
Syphilis	1192 (10.42)	222 (8.78)	268 (8.61)	498 (14.20)	204 (8.91)	0.0021

Data is presented as frequency and corresponding percentage in parenthesis. HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; HCV: Hepatitis C Virus; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. p for trends is significant at 0.05.